Me and Mom Yoga

Very nice bonding experience for mom and child.
I rented this on Amazon Video on Demand tonight. When I first started to watch this video I was thinking it wasn't going to be that great, because I could tell it was produced on a low budget. I am really glad I stuck with it. My 6 year old daughter, who has a hard time calming down for bed and who is very picky about other yoga videos I have tried, loved it. She enjoyed the interaction with me and I felt it was a positive bonding experience for us and really helped her to calm down before bed as well.

For my own yoga workout, I would have wanted to hold the poses longer and have more description of technique, but for a child, I think that it was perfect to keep their attention and participation going. The workout was satisfying for myself too with some advanced poses and very nice stretches. It included poses where the mother and daughter did the pose together (leaning against one another, connecting feet and hands together) but also many more side by side poses. The...

Not great for younger kids
My three year old and I watched this together. We love doing yoga together, but the narration of this threw her off. Because the voice is a child, not a teacher, and because the voice is not connected to the video, it is hard to follow and feel confident about what's coming next. We didn't enjoy it and I wouldn't recommend it for children my daughter's age. Perhaps children older would enjoy it.

inspirational
while i understand that this video may not be for everyone (it is not exactly a follow-along / exercise video), i thought that it was very inspirational in terms of the example that it sets. it presents yoga as an opportunity to bond with your child, introduce him or her to a slower pace of life, a communion with nature, and a respect for real connection between humans, nature, and the ancient art of yoga... the video is shot with an emphasis on the natural world that yoga is supposed to help your body attune to, restoration to its most elemental defaults... in essence, this video is more of a map or blueprint to help you find your own connection to yoga with your family, as opposed to a regimented set of instructions. there are many ways to learn and be inspired, and i'm sure this will appeal to many people as much as it did to me and my family. namaste.

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